Jon Runyan: “From where I have--where I come from and the way I was brought up, stepping up and saying you were wrong is the first…”

Continued claims of 'misunderstanding' are simply not believable--even if they were, it would show such a level of gross incompetence that disciplinary action would be necessary.

There is no doubt about it, if there was not a veteran, there would not be a VA.

The men and women that we are discussing today fought on behalf of our Nation and they should receive the same benefit of the doubt that U.S. servicemembers receive when they are asking for benefits that they earned.

We have got to remember that these numbers represent real veterans, real people, and so let us look at that from that standpoint.